| VERB | social | dissociate, disassociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint | part |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | dissociate, decouple | regard as unconnected | |
| change | dissociate | to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms |
| Sounds | dihsow'siyeyt | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Part; cease or break association / association with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | disassociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint | |
| Broader | separate, part, split up, split, break, break up | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
| Spanish | desmarcar, divorciarse, divorciar, separarse | |
| Catalan | desmarcar, divorciar-se, divorciar, separar-se | |
| Nouns | dissociation | the act of removing from association / association / association / association |
| dissociation | a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | |
| Meaning | regard as unconnected. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "you must dissociate these two events!" | |
| Synonym | decouple | |
| Broader | distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart | mark as different |
| Opposite | associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect | make a logical or causal connection |
| Spanish | desconectar, disociar, separar | |
| Catalan | dissociar | |
| Adjectives | dissociative | tending to produce dissociation |
| Nouns | dissociation | the act of removing from association / association / association / association |
| dissociation | a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | |
| Meaning | To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | decompose, break up, break down | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| Catalan | dissociar | |
| Nouns | dissociation | (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions |
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